The Arcus is the standard Atlantean archer unit in Age of Mythology: The Titans. It can be trained at the Military Barracks starting in the Heroic Age. It is notable for its long range.
Attack bonuses[]
- Raiding Cavalry: ×0.9
God bonuses and upgrades[]
General[]
Oranos increases Arcus speed by 10%.
Medium Archers, Heavy Archers, and Champion Archers all increase LOS by 1 and HP and attack by 10%.- Levy Mainline Units and Conscript Mainline Units decrease training time by 20%.
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons increase attack by 10%.
- Copper Mail, Bronze Mail, and Iron Mail decrease hack vulnerability by 10%.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields decrease pierce vulnerability by 10%.
- Burning Pitch increases attack against buildings by ×3 and against ships by 50%.
- Heart of the Titans (Prometheus): costs 20% less wood and gold to upgrade into Arcus Hero.
- Volcanic Forge (Leto) decreases pierce vulnerability by 10% (Extended Edition)
- Lemurian Descendants (Theia) increases LOS by 9.
- Mail of Orichalkos (Rheia) decreases hack and pierce vulnerability by 10%.
Strategy[]
Arci are best used against infantry units, especially in groups. With the longest range of any archer unit (with the exception of Hades' Gastraphetes) they can pick off infantry units further away than other ranged units, making it even more difficult for them to close the gap. However they are fragile and can quickly be killed by units that can quickly get close to them, such as cavalry.
Mythology[]
All Atlantean citizens were practiced in the use of at least one weapon. Those who showed skill with ranged weapons - slings, bows, javelins - were called into the ranks of the Arcus. The Atlantean Arci were the first effective military use of ranged foot soldiers. Slings eventually fell into disuse and javelins became more feasibly wielded from horseback. the focused and deadly Arcus that emerged over time was a master of the bow and any number of Arci fielded in battle gave their opposition great pause.
Arcus Hero[]
Like all Atlantean human units, an Arcus can be converted into a Hero at any time, provided the player has sufficient resources.
Attack bonuses[]
- Raiding Cavalry: ×0.9
- Myth units: ×7
- Animals of Set: ×5
God bonuses and upgrades[]
General[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons increase attack by 10%.
- Copper Mail, Bronze Mail, and Iron Mail decrease hack vulnerability by 10%.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields decrease pierce vulnerability by 10%.
- Burning Pitch increases attack against buildings by ×3 and against ships by 50%.
- Heroic Renewal (Hyperion) regenerates 1.5 HP/second (2.5 in the Extended Edition).
- Volcanic Forge (Leto): reduces pierce vulnerability by 10% (in the Extended Edition).
Trivia[]
- The Arcus Hero's attack tag is positioned at 40% (of the animation percentage time), whilst its normal variant has its attack tag at 70%, so the Arcus Hero will attack faster when attacking a new target.
- These units' internal names are Archer Atlantean and Archer Atlantean Hero, respectively.
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